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INTERIM STUDY REPORT
Common Education Committee
Rep. Ann Coody, Chairman
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Interim Study 12-013, Rep. Coody and Rep. Denney
October 4, 2012
Performance Pay
Ryan Owens
Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration
owens@ccosa.org
o Presented a review of research about performance pay for teachers.
o The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching recommended that incentives be
available to all teachers at schools, that there be multiple evaluators and evaluations and
that career pathways be created within teaching.
o Teachers should have ways to advance in their careers without going into administration.
o The United States outperforms England in reading on the Program for International
Student Assessment. England has performance pay and the United States doesn’t.
o For a statewide performance play plan to work, statewide funding is probably needed.
Steven Crawford
Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration, executive director
Crawford@ccosa.org
o Teachers in Oklahoma are underpaid.
o To do something meaningful with merit pay, the state must first increase the minimum
salary schedule. Degrees and experience are worth more than teachers are sometimes
given credit for.
o The pool of teachers is drying up. Some school districts are not even getting elementary
education applicants.
o After 40 years, a teacher can be making only $12,000 more than when he or she started
unless he or she gets a degree or the salary schedule changes.
Wes Stucky
Ardmore Chamber of Commerce, president and chief executive officer
wstucky@ardmore.org
o In 2006, the chamber and local businesses started a program to give monetary incentives
to teachers who applied and showed results. The chamber raised money from the private
sector.

INTERIM STUDY REPORT
Common Education Committee
Rep. Ann Coody, Chairman
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Interim Study 12-013, Rep. Coody and Rep. Denney
October 4, 2012
Performance Pay
Ryan Owens
Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration
owens@ccosa.org
o Presented a review of research about performance pay for teachers.
o The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching recommended that incentives be
available to all teachers at schools, that there be multiple evaluators and evaluations and
that career pathways be created within teaching.
o Teachers should have ways to advance in their careers without going into administration.
o The United States outperforms England in reading on the Program for International
Student Assessment. England has performance pay and the United States doesn’t.
o For a statewide performance play plan to work, statewide funding is probably needed.
Steven Crawford
Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration, executive director
Crawford@ccosa.org
o Teachers in Oklahoma are underpaid.
o To do something meaningful with merit pay, the state must first increase the minimum
salary schedule. Degrees and experience are worth more than teachers are sometimes
given credit for.
o The pool of teachers is drying up. Some school districts are not even getting elementary
education applicants.
o After 40 years, a teacher can be making only $12,000 more than when he or she started
unless he or she gets a degree or the salary schedule changes.
Wes Stucky
Ardmore Chamber of Commerce, president and chief executive officer
wstucky@ardmore.org
o In 2006, the chamber and local businesses started a program to give monetary incentives
to teachers who applied and showed results. The chamber raised money from the private
sector.